Trubatsa tityrus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Muricidae |
| Genus: | Trubatsa |
| Species: | T. tityrus
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| Binomial name | |
| Trubatsa tityrus (Bayer, 1971)
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Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 14 mm.
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Distribution
editThis species is found in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela, Panama and Trinidad.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Trubatsa tityrus (Bayer, 1971). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1520655 on 2022-06-11
- Houart, R, Buge, B. & Zuccon, D. (2021). A taxonomic update of the Typhinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with a review of New Caledonia species and the description of new species from New Caledonia, the South China Sea and Western Australia. Journal of Conchology. 44(2): 103–147.
- Garrigues, B. (2021). Description of four new Typhinae species (Mollusca: Muricidae) and comments on the status of the genus Talityphis Jousseaume, 1882 and Trubatsa Dall, 1889. Xenophora Taxonomy. 33: 3-20.
External links
edit- "Siphonochelus (Trubatsa) tityrus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- Bayer, F. M. (1971). New and unusual Mollusks collected by R/V John Elliott Pillsbury and R/V Gerda in the tropical Western Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science. 21(1): 111-236
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